Best friends are the ones who make life brighter, funnier, and a whole lot more memorable. Whether you’re celebrating an epic friendship, sending a sweet note, or just need the perfect words to tell your bestie how much they mean to you, these 100 quotes capture the magic of true friendship. Get ready to smile, laugh, and maybe even shed a tear as you explore the words that perfectly sum up the beautiful chaos of having a best friend.
Short Best Friend Quotes
- “The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.” – Joseph Addison
- “A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.” – Irish Proverb
- “A friend is a gift you give yourself.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “The best mirror is an old friend.” – George Herbert
- “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “A true friend is the greatest of all blessings.” – François de La Rochefoucauld
- “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” – Edna Buchanan
- “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
- “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
- “You’ve got a friend in me.” – Toy Story
- “I’m only me when I’m with you.” – Taylor Swift
- “Life is an adventure best shared with a best friend.” – Unknown
- “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
- “A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
- “Remember that life’s most valuable antiques are dear old friends.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- “The best friend is the one who brings out the best in you.” – Henry Ford
- “Friendship is love without wings.” – Lord Byron
- “A best friend is a treasure chest of memories and laughter.” – Unknown
- “Of all possessions, a friend is the most precious.” – Herodotus
- “Friendship is the sweetest influence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The best time to make friends is before you need them.” – Ethel Barrymore
- “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “True friendship is a plant of slow growth.” – George Washington
- “Best friend isn’t a person; it’s a tier.” – Mindy Kaling
- “Friendship isn’t a big thing, it’s a million little things.” – Becca Anderson
- “Women’s friendships are like a renewable source of power.” – Jane Fonda
- “A true friend is one soul in two bodies.” – Aristotle
True Friendship Quotes
- “A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
- “Life is an ugly, awful place to not have a best friend.” – Sarah Dessen
- “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
- “A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden.” – Unknown
- “Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
- “True friends are like diamonds—bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
- “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” – S.E. Hinton
- “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
- “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
- “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
- “Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.” – Virginia Woolf
- “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
- “Friends are the people who make you smile brighter, laugh louder, and live better.” – Unknown
- “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
- “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
- “My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you’re most ashamed of.” – Jodie Foster
- “It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” – Gina Barreca
- “One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.” – Mindy Kaling
- “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
- “There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.” – Unknown
- “True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson
- “I wouldn’t trade it for anything, never, no. Never. Our friendship is the best present ever.” – Tigger
- “There’s a marked difference between acquaintances and friends. Most people really don’t become friends. They become deep and serious acquaintances. But in a friendship you get to know the spirit of another person; and your values coincide.” – Maya Angelou
- “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton
- “You don’t have to have anything in common with people you’ve known since you were five. With old friends, you’ve got your whole life in common.” – Lyle Lovett
Long Distance Best Friend Quotes
- “Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled.” – Ally Condie
- “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Unknown
- “Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation.” – Tennessee Williams
- “True friendship resists time, distance and silence.” – Isabel Allende
- “Friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.” – Christy Evans
- “True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.” – Josh Grayson
- “True friends are always together in spirit.” – L.M. Montgomery
Supportive Best Friend Quotes
- “How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.” – Shel Silverstein
- “Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” – Albert Camus
- “A best friend is someone who believes in you even when you’ve stopped believing in yourself.” – Unknown
- “You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” – Pooh
- “The best friends are the ones who make you laugh even when you don’t feel like smiling.” – Unknown
- “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who came and never left your side.” –Yolanda Hadid
- “A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you’ll never smile again.” – Unknown
- “The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends.” – Gwyneth Paltrow
- “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” – Bill Watterson
- “A true friend is somebody who can make us feel better no matter how bad things may be.” – Unknown
- “Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindnesses… swapped back and forth and over again.” – Michelle Obama
- “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “A true friend is someone who is there for you when they’d rather be anywhere else.” – Unknown
- “Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.” – Dean Koontz
- “Friendship is not about who you’ve known the longest, it’s about who came and never left your side.” – Unknown
- “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Maybe we could be each other’s soul mates. Then we could let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.” – Charlotte York
Funny Best Friend Quotes
- “It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “A friend will help you move. A best friend will help you move a body.” – Unknown
- “I’m glad we’re friends. I wouldn’t want to be related to you.” – Unknown
- “Best friends don’t judge each other. They judge other people together.” – Unknown
- “We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.” – Unknown
- “Friends are like snowflakes. If you pee on them, they disappear.” – Unknown
- “I’d walk through fire for my best friend. Well, not fire, because that would be dangerous. But a super humid room. But not too humid, because you know… sweaty.” – Unknown
- “We’ll be best friends forever because you already know too much.” – Unknown
- “If you and I are on a plane and it crashes, we have to make sure to get out of there quickly, because I want to keep our friendship alive.” – Unknown
- “If you fall, I’ll be there. I’m just going to make sure you don’t get up.” – Unknown
- “You’re the peanut butter to my jelly.” – Unknown
Related Resources on Best Friend Quotes
These 100 quotes offer a heartfelt tribute to the special bond between best friends. Whether you’re celebrating a milestone, sending a thoughtful message, or simply cherishing your friendship, these quotes will help you express your appreciation and love for your bestie.
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